Discover Twitter Profiles Posts

Discover Twitter Profiles Posts

by pratikdani

Extract posts, engagement stats, and media from any public Twitter profile. Perfect for automating social media research, lead gen, and data analysis.

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About Discover Twitter Profiles Posts

Need to pull data from a Twitter profile for research, marketing, or a project? This actor is built for that. You give it a Twitter profile URL, and it goes to work, extracting the posts (or tweets, if you prefer) along with all the useful details that come with them. You'll get the post text itself, timestamps, and crucial engagement metrics like the number of likes, retweets, and replies. It also captures any media attached—images, videos, and links. I use it to track brand mentions, analyze competitor social strategies, and gather public sentiment data for reports. The structured JSON output makes it simple to pipe the data directly into your own databases, spreadsheets, or visualization tools without messy manual copying. It's a straightforward solution for developers, marketers, and researchers who need reliable, automated access to public Twitter content.

What does this actor do?

Discover Twitter Profiles Posts is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.

Key Features

  • Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
  • Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
  • API access for integration with your applications
  • Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
  • Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation

How to Use

  1. Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
  2. Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
  3. Configure the input parameters as needed
  4. Run the actor and download your results

Documentation

Discover Twitter Posts by Profile URL Actor

Overview

This Apify actor extracts detailed post data from a public Twitter/X profile. You provide a profile URL, and it returns structured information about the user's posts, engagement metrics, and attached media.

Key Features

  • Profile Scraping: Extracts all posts from a given public Twitter profile URL.
  • Post Data: Captures core post content, timestamp, and unique identifier.
  • Engagement Metrics: Retrieves counts for replies, reposts, likes, views, quotes, and bookmarks.
  • Media Extraction: Collects URLs for photos, videos, and external media linked in posts.
  • Profile Context: Includes user information like follower count, verification status, and biography alongside the post data.

How to Use

Provide the actor with a valid public Twitter profile URL (e.g., https://x.com/username). The actor will handle the scraping and return a dataset of the profile's posts.

Common Use Cases:
* Social media analytics and engagement tracking.
* Brand or influencer monitoring.
* Content strategy research based on post performance.

Input/Output

Input: A Twitter/X profile URL.

Output: A dataset of objects, each representing a post. Key output fields include:

Field Type Description
id string Unique post identifier.
user_posted string Twitter handle of the poster.
name string Display name of the poster.
description string/null Text content of the post.
date_posted string Timestamp of the post.
replies, likes, reposts, views integer Engagement metrics.
photos, videos array URLs of attached media.
hashtags array Hashtags used in the post.
followers integer User's follower count.
is_verified boolean User verification status.
url string Direct URL to the post.

Example Output Snippet:

{
  "id": "1872080985451598039",
  "user_posted": "elonmusk",
  "name": "Elon Musk",
  "date_posted": "2024-12-26T00:44:23.000Z",
  "photos": ["https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gfr3u8oWwAA43_T.jpg"],
  "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1872080985451598039",
  "replies": 27459,
  "reposts": 111635,
  "likes": 1178759,
  "views": 112055970,
  "followers": 165000000,
  "is_verified": true
}

Categories

SOCIAL_MEDIA DEVELOPER_TOOLS LEAD_GENERATION

Common Use Cases

Market Research

Gather competitive intelligence and market data

Lead Generation

Extract contact information for sales outreach

Price Monitoring

Track competitor pricing and product changes

Content Aggregation

Collect and organize content from multiple sources

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Actor Information

Developer
pratikdani
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
1,872
Active Users
116

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